OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Experimental Biology is 27. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
What do molecular laws of life mean for species: absolute restrictions or mere suggestions?	113
Correction: Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance	66
Night-light illuminates wasp behaviour	53
Time-energy budgets outperform dynamic body acceleration in predicting daily energy expenditure in kittiwakes, and estimate a very low cost of gliding flight relative to flapping flight	49
Head lice dispose of blood meal fluid through breathing tubules	47
ECR Spotlight – Michael Pedersen	45
Featherwing beetles fly with style	41
Grease keeps polar bears ice-free and silent	40
Recognition of natural objects in the archerfish	38
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds	36
JEB@100: an interview with Monitoring Editor Katie Gilmour	35
The physiological consequences of a very large natural meal in a voracious marine fish, the staghorn sculpin (Leptocottus armatus)	35
2024: Reflections on a year of supporting and promoting our early-career researchers	35
ECR Spotlight – Brett Culbert	35
Spotted salamanders seek humid habitats to avoid drying out	32
Cold, cheap love songs	32
ECR Spotlight – Alexis Kazen	31
Factors affecting the biosynthesis and emission of a Drosophila pheromone	31
Temperature and the microbial environment alter brain morphology in a larval amphibian	30
Rates of warming impact oxidative stress in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	30
Developmental plasticity of the cardiovascular system in oviparous vertebrates: effects of chronic hypoxia and interactive stressors in the context of climate change	29
Aerial maneuvering by plethodontid salamanders spanning an arboreality gradient	29
Why the superb physiological capacity of birds matters	29
Tibial strains are sensitive to speed perturbations, but not grade perturbations, during running	29
Sensitivity of the mystacial vibrissal system of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to size differences of single vortex rings	28

The impact of metabolic plasticity on winter energy use models	28
Barometric pressure decrease induces density-dependent changes in foraging behaviour in a parasitoid fly	27
Thrust production and chordal flexion of the flukes of bottlenose dolphins performing tail stands at different efforts	27
An early-life perspective is needed to explain the impact of gut microbiota on wild vertebrate phenotypes	27